penacho
Portuguese, noun/peˈna.ʃu/
penacho is spelled P-E-N-A-C-H-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese, the 105,827th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Penacho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “panache (ornamental plume on a hat or helmet)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “atado de penas que se traz no chapéu por adorno ou insígnia”.
What does penacho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepanache (ornamental plume on a hat or helmet)
- 2
masculinea bird’s tuft
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. atado de penas que se traz no chapéu por adorno ou insígnia 2. crista
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of penacho
- penachos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce penacho?
- Brazil /peˈna.ʃu/
- Portugal /pɨˈna.ʃu/
- Portugal /pɨˈnat.ʃu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to penacho
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is penacho in Portuguese?
penacho appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).